Faebloom Trick
Instant
Create two 1/1 blue Faerie creature tokens with flying. When you do, tap target creature an opponent controls.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #8156
Faebloom Trick puts a Faerie token into play and loads a counter onto a target creature — two meaningful board events for two mana at instant speed. In any deck running Obyra, Dreaming Duelist, that token triggers her damage ability the moment an opponent is hit, making this an engine piece rather than a utility spell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist pings opponents whenever a Faerie enters, so Faebloom Trick's token is a guaranteed trigger stapled to a counter that can push damage even further. Nearly half of all Obyra decks run it for exactly that reason.
Maralen, Fae Ascendant
Maralen, Fae Ascendant cares about Faerie tribal density, and Faebloom Trick slots in as cheap, instant-speed token generation that keeps the tribe count high without spending a card slot on a creature. The proliferate-adjacent counter effect is secondary, but the Faerie entering at any point in the turn cycle is what pulls it into a quarter of Maralen lists.
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor draws a card whenever a Faerie you control dies, so any way to cheaply produce Faeries has value — Faebloom Trick provides one at instant speed while the counter can shore up a key attacker or blocker. About one in five Tegwyll decks treat it as low-cost fuel.
Alela, Cunning Conqueror
Alela, Cunning Conqueror creates a Faerie token when you flash in a spell during an opponent's turn, and Faebloom Trick cast at that moment doubles the token output — one from the spell resolving, one from Alela. That doubling effect at two mana is why roughly 18% of Alela decks include it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Faebloom Trick is legal across Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander, but its real home is Commander. In 60-card formats the card is too low-impact — two mana for a 1/1 token and a +1/+1 counter doesn't threaten anything competitive in Modern or Legacy, where the bar for two-mana instants is severe. Standard and Pioneer could theoretically support it in Faerie shells, but those formats reward more direct payoffs. Commander is where the token generation compounds: every Faerie-tribal commander running blue and black can exploit the enter-the-battlefield trigger, and the instant speed means it doubles as a combat trick and a flash-in response.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Faebloom Trick is bulk — pick up copies freely without any budget concern. Bulk rares and commons in narrow tribal slots rarely climb unless a breakout deck emerges, so treat it as a permanent cheap inclusion rather than a spec.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.